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The Grand Encampment Opera Company is taking audiences on a trip to the stormy Caribbean Sea this year. For 2014’s melodrama, held in conjunction with the Encampment/Riverside Woodchopper’s Jamboree, the opera company is showcasing a pirate-themed production titled “Pyro’s of the Caribbean or Our Ship Doesn’t Stink” by M.K. O’Roark. The company will kick off the performance at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and hold two more performances at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All performances take place at the Grand Encampment Opera House, 622 Rankin Ave. i...
Those who come to the Woodchoppers Jamboree rodeo this weekend are in for a real wild-west, roping and riding experience. Different events for the rodeo, which is sanctioned by the Wyoming Rodeo Association, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. All events take place at the Lions Club Arena between Encampment and Riverside. Rodeo spectators can watch events like team roping, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer wrestling, breakaway roping, bareback riding and...
Gene Herring Gene Herring will be inducted the the Lions Club Hall of Fame this year. He was actively involved with the idea of the Woodchopper’s Jamboree, turning the idea into a reality. Gene was in charge of the barbecue committee from the beginning of Woodchoppers until the late 1980s. Herring continued to show up at the barbecue until the late 1990s, and rarely missed regular Lions meetings or the board meetings. Herring was an Encampment native, owned and operated Kuntzman’s Cash Store and was very active in the Lions Club. John McClure J...
Encampment First Grade Fiction Local level First place: Eckerley Pickett “The Helpful Godmother” Second place: Rainey Powell “Dinosaur Adventure” Third place: Josie Little “The Magic Man” District level First place: Rainey Powell “Dinosaur Adventure” Second place: Eckerley Pickett “The Helpful Godmother” Third place: Josie Little “The Magic Man” Nonfiction Local level First place: Ashtyn Tieszen “Using 1,000,000 dollars” Second place: Eckerley Pickett “A Million Dollar Story” Third Place: Rainey Powell: “Having a Million Dollars” District Level...
Brush Creek Ranch is hosting an informational meeting June 17 at 7 p.m. at the Platte Valley Community Center to review their 2nd annual "Valley Strong" concert benefit event. Local organizations who are interested in participating and raising funds via ticket sales may send a representative(s) to learn more, ask questions and sign up to participate. The year's concert, featuring Sawyer Brown, is scheduled for Sunday, July 20 and allows participating charity organizations to raise 100 percent of funds from tickets sales attributed to their...